Webinar
Regenerating Landscapes: how LENs is driving collaboration for resilience and impact
This webinar is designed as an introduction to Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs).
Context
Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs) brings partners together to improve the resilience of the landscapes they all rely on. From food and drink companies who need to address risk in their supply chains to farmers who want their land to be healthy & productive, LENs has been building collaborative networks for five years. It has generated over £20m in funding for farmers in the UK & Europe.
Hosts Donald Lunan, LENs CEO, and Catherine Wallis, LENs Director of Impact, outline the LENs approach and how it connects public and private organisations with landscape-scale solutions that help to address business risks. They share key insights from the first LENs Impact Report, which draws on two years of Measurement, Reporting and Verification data. It covers our engagement in five landscapes in the UK and Europe, looking at how LENs is generating environmental outcomes, including reducing carbon emissions, increasing soil health & carbon removal, improving biodiversity and increasing water quality / conservation. Importantly, our Impact Report is based on measured impact rather than projected – these are real and tangible improvements to landscapes.
Who should watch?
This webinar is designed for anyone with a role in building in landscape resilience, including food and drinks manufacturers, water companies, farmers and land managers, agri-food businesses, NGOs, and local and national governments.
Our webinar presenters
Donald Lunan
Donald leads the development of the institutional and governance frameworks for LENs, to provide the foundations that will allow LENs to grow and expand, with new partners and in new geographies.
With a background in Ecology and Sustainable Agriculture, Donald started his career in research, before working in International Development for 20 years, managing and delivering diverse programmes in climate policy, agriculture and forestry with partners around the world.
Cat Wallis
Cat leads the LENs Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) function, responsible for overseeing how the outcomes of LENs activities are measured, verified and reported to funders and farmers. This involves strategy and team development, setting up governance and data management processes, review and vetting of measurement methodologies, developing LENs MRV protocols and regular coordination with a high range of stakeholders.
Prior to joining 3Keel and LENs, Cat worked for 20 years in the international development sector contributing to climate resilience, sustainable food systems and biodiversity conservation projects for the benefit of communities, SMEs and national governments. Her expertise spans policy, strategy and stakeholder engagement in over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Indian Ocean.
For any questions or further information, please get in touch via lens@3keel.com.